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The Horti Domitiae were a set of private gardens in ancient Rome, belonging to
'Horti', in Platner and Ashby, ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome'', London, 1929, pp. 267
The Horti Domitiae were a set of private gardens in ancient Rome, belonging to Domitia Longina
Domitia Longina ( 50–55 – 126–130s AD) was a Roman empress and wife to the Roman emperor Domitian. She was the youngest daughter of the general and consul Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo. Domitia divorced her first husband, Lucius Aelius Lamia P ...
, wife of the emperor Domitian. They were sited on the right bank of the river Tiber. A few years later the Mausoleum of Hadrian was built in the same area. The gardens were still known by this name in the time of Aurelian
Aurelian ( la, Lucius Domitius Aurelianus; 9 September 214 October 275) was a Roman emperor, who reigned during the Crisis of the Third Century, from 270 to 275. As emperor, he won an unprecedented series of military victories which reunited t ...
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See also
* Roman gardensBibliography
'Horti', in Platner and Ashby, ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome'', London, 1929, pp. 267
Domitia {{For, the genus of beetles, Domitia (beetle)
Domitia is the name of women from the ''gens'' Domitia of Ancient Rome. Women from the ''gens'' include:
* Domitia (aunt of Messalina), aunt of Roman emperor Nero and empress Messalina
* Domitia Lep ...
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